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Sorry, California. No One Wants Your Cheap Bulk Wine Anymore.

Amid reports of a "grape apocalypse," a reckoning in wine country.

Jason Wilson
Jul 12, 2024
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(Illustration: Sara Keene)

This piece was originally published in The New Wine Review (now part of Unicorn Auctions)

There is no one I feel more empathy for than the serious California winemaker who struggles to make high-quality wines amid their statewide industry implosion. For any craftsperson endeavoring to make good and beautiful things—be it in art,…

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